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Updated: June 2, 2018

2018 outdoor: Punched his ticket to Eugene in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:46.50 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Earned a gold medal in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 3:46.37 and took bronze in the 800 in 1:48.51 at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Won the 1,500 meters with a personal-best time of 3:42.59 at the National Relay Championships … Also, ran anchor leg of the 4x800-meter relay team (7:25.97) that finished first at the National Relay Championships … Collected a time of 1:48.29 in the 800 meters to place sixth and ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:19.31) that finished 13^th at the Duke Invitational … Ran a time of 14:43.12 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays.

2018 indoor: Took home the silver in the mile with a school-record and personal-best time of 3:58.36 and won gold as a part of the distance medley relay team that finished with a time of 9:30.76 at the NCAA Championships … Won the mile with a time of 4:03.08 and ran a personal-best time of 8:10.91 in the 3,000 meter at the ACC Championships … Ran on the distance medley relay team that placed first with a time of 9:36.31 at the Roanoke Tune Up … Finished fourth in the 800 at the Music City Challenge with a time of 1:51.07 … Recorded a 3:59.57 mile to place fifth at the Camel City Invitational … Tallied a time of 2:22.81 in the 1,000 meters to place third at the Liberty Kickoff … Ran a time of 8:14.86 in the 3,000 meters to finish second at the Keydet Invitational.

2017 outdoor: Earned a top-10 finish in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championships, coming in ninth with a personal-best time of 3:44.83 ... Collected second-team All-America honors ... Placed third in the 1,500 quarterfinals with a time of 3:46.85 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, advancing to the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career ... Earned first-team all-league honors with his silver-medal finish in the 1,500 at the ACC Championships, finishing in 3 minutes, 46.26 seconds ... Was a member of the winning 4x800-meter relay team in the Championship of America Invitational, earning Tech its first ever Penn Relays Championship with a school-record time of 7:13.75 ... Earned ACC Men's Co-Track Performer of the Week honors following the 4x800-meter relay performance at the Penn Relays on May 2 ... Ran the 1,500 at the Virginia Challenge, placing ninth with a season-best time of 3:45.38 ... Won the 800 meters at both the Tennessee Relays and the Hokie Twilight meet, finishing with a season-best time of 1:48.46 at the Hokie Twilight meet ... Also was a member of the winning distance medley relay team at the Tennessee Relays, crossing the line in 9 minutes, 46.15 seconds.

2017 indoor: Collected first-team All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Championships, earning a silver medal in the event with a time of 9:33.35 … Won gold in the mile at the ACC Championships with a lifetime-best time of 4:01.04, earning first-team All-ACC honors in the event … Finished second in the 1,000 meters with a personal-best time of 2:21.63 at the Virginia Tech Challenge – good enough for second on Tech’s all-time list … Placed third in the 800 with a personal-best time of 1:49.04 at the Music City Challenge, earning the sixth-fastest time in the event in school history ... Additionally, collected a second-place finish as a member of the DMR team at the Music City Challenge, finishing in a time of 9:31.15 - the fifth-fastest time in the event in program history … Earned a top-five finish in the mile with a time of 4:06.23 at the Camel City Invitational ... Was third in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational, running the event in a time of 2:23.62 … Came in second in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:10.04.

2016 outdoor: Named to the All-ACC Academic Team … Competed in the 800 at the NCAA East Regional and finished with a time of 1:50.45 … Earned second-team All-ACC honors with his fifth-place finish in the 800, recording a time of 1:49.70 … Ran a lifetime-best time of 1:47.91 in the 800 semifinals at the ACC Championships … Won his section of the 800 at the Payton Jordan Invite in 1:49.87 … Was a member of the winning DMR at the Colonial Relays … Placed second at the Bison Outdoor Classic in the 800.

2016 indoor: Named to the All-ACC Academic Team … Competed in the 3,000 and the DMR at the ACC Championships … Earned second-team All-ACC honors as a member of the third-place DMR squad … Ran a personal-best mile time of 4:20.24 at the Iowa State Classic … Recorded a season-best time of 1:54.84 in the 800 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet … Was a member of the winning DMR team at the Camel City Invite.

2015 outdoor: Competed in the 1,500-meter race at the Raleigh Relays, finishing with a time of 3:58.76.

2015 indoor: Earned second-team All-ACC honors after helping the distance medley relay team to a third-place finish at the ACC Championships ... Ran an impressive time of 2:25.87 in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational.

2014 outdoor: Recorded a personal-best in the 1,500-meter event with a time of 3:45.28 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational ... Finished in ninth place at the ACC Championships in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 3:49.79 ... Posted a PR in the 5,000 with a time of 14:41.15 at the Hokie Twilight meet.

2014 indoor: Redshirted.

High school: Posted the 16th-best mile time in the country at the Penn Relays with a time of 4:09.27 – good enough for a fourth-place finish … Won the mile and the 3,200 meters at the Maryland Indoor 4A state championships … Claimed first in the 800 meters and 1,600 meters at the Maryland Outdoor 4A state championships, where he posted the fastest time that season in the 800-meter race … Set meet records at both the Emerging Elite one- and two-mile runs at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals.

Personal: Born Jan. 21, 1995 … Son of Richard and Regina Ciattei … Has two sisters, Anna and Julia, and one brother, Christian ... Majoring in engineering sciences and mechanics.